House
File
363
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Enrolled
House
File
363
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
FINAL
DISPOSITION
OF
REMAINS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
144C.5,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
The
Except
as
provided
in
subsection
4,
the
right
to
control
final
disposition
of
a
decedent’s
remains
or
to
make
arrangements
for
the
ceremony
after
a
decedent’s
death
vests
in
and
devolves
upon
the
following
persons
who
are
competent
adults
at
the
time
of
the
decedent’s
death,
in
the
following
order:
Sec.
2.
Section
144C.5,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
The
right
to
control
final
disposition
of
a
decedent’s
remains
or
to
make
arrangements
for
the
ceremony
after
a
decedent’s
death
shall
not
vest
in
or
devolve
upon
a
person
who
is
prohibited
from
acting
as
a
designee
pursuant
to
section
144C.8.
Sec.
3.
Section
144C.8,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
144C.8
Forfeiture
of
designee’s
authority
to
control
.
A
designee
or
person
with
the
authority
to
control
under
this
chapter
shall
forfeit
all
rights
and
authority
under
a
declaration
,
or
by
operation
of
section
144C.5,
and
all
rights
and
authority
under
the
declaration
,
or
by
operation
of
section
144C.5,
shall
vest
in
and
devolve
upon
an
alternate
designee,
House
File
363,
p.
2
or
if
there
is
none,
vest
in
and
devolve
pursuant
to
section
144C.5
,
under
either
of
the
following
circumstances:
1.
The
designee
or
person
with
the
authority
to
control
under
this
chapter
is
charged
with
murder
in
the
first
or
second
degree
or
voluntary
manslaughter
in
connection
with
the
declarant’s
death
and
those
charges
are
known
to
a
third
party.
2.
The
designee
or
person
with
the
authority
to
control
under
this
chapter
does
not
exercise
the
designee’s
authority
under
the
declaration
within
twenty-four
hours
of
receiving
notification
of
the
death
of
the
declarant
or
within
forty
hours
of
the
declarant’s
death,
whichever
is
earlier.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
363,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor